Hair waving appliance



W 1936. E. M. MI EYER ET AL ,426

- HAIR WAVING APPLIANCE Filed June 10, 1935 722m A TTORNE r UNITEDSTATES f g V H 2,041,426

PATENT OFFICE HAIR WAVING APPLIANCE Eula M. Meyer and Edward 0. Duncan,Kansas City, Mo.

Application June 10, 1935, Serial No. 25,710

9 Claims.

Our invention relates to improvements in hair waving appliances. Itrelates particularly to a type in which flexible rod like toothedmembers are formed into U shape and are made to engage the hair oneabove the other, and are moved endwise to form the hair into waves,the-forward end portions of the hair engaging members being engaged andheld by a front member which is attached to the head and is applied tothe upper and side portions of the face.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide novel means forengaging the hair engaging member with the front member, which placesthe hair engaging members at the outer side of the front member, wherebythey may be affixed to or detached from the front member withoutdisturbing the latter or each other.

Another object of our invention is the provision of novel means by whichwhen the hair engaging members are adjusted endwise a lifting movementwill be imparted to them causing the hair treated to simulate fingerwaves.

A further object of our invention is the provision of novel means foradapting the appliance for use in making waves with the hair parted ateither side or in the middle of the head.

Our invention provides further a novel hair engaging member which willnot hurt the head and will make rounded waves and not angular ones.

Our invention provides further novel means for releasably fastening thefront member to the head.

Another object of our invention is the provision of novel means forengaging and curling the hair at the lower portion of the head and forattaching the curling means to the front member to retain the hair inthe curled condition.

Still another object of our invention is the provision of a novel hairwaving appliance, which is simple, cheap, durable, not likely to get outof order, which is easy to operate, which may be used without assistanceby a person to wave her hair, which may be employed to make a variety ofwave formations, which is comfortable to use, and which is efficient inoperation.

The novel features of our invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodimentof our invention,

Fig. 1 is a. side elevation of our improved appliance shown in operativeposition upon the head.

Fig. 2 is reduced top view of the appliance, with the hair curlingmember omitted.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged stretchout view, partly broken away, of the frontand top members.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on the plane of the line 4-4 of Fig.5 of one of the hair engaging members.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is an enlarged plan view of intersecting portions of the frontand top members.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a View of a portion of the hair curling member, partly brokenaway, looking at one side thereof.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig.v 9, looking at another side of thehair curling member.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts in the differentviews.

I designates the front member, which may be of any suitable flexiblematerial, such as a strip of sheet metal, as aluminum, brass or steel ora strip of celluloid, leather or soft rubber, and which is adapted to beformed into horseshoe or other shape which will adapt it to fitdifferent faces, and which is provided with two resilient metal bows 2adapted to respectively have holding engagement with the ears, after themanner of spectacle bows, as shown in Fig. 1.

The front member I is adapted to be fitted against the upper and sideportions of the face, and it has respectively attached to its endportions two strings 3 adapted to be passed under the chin and tiedtogether, as shown in Fig. 1.

4 designates a top member, which is in the form of a flat strip, whichmay be composed of material of the kind of which the front member I iscomposed, whereby the member may be formed into the shape desired. Itsfront end is releasably fastened to the upper middle portion of thefront member I from which it extends rearwardly so as to be adapted tobe disposed over the top and back of the head, as shown in Fig. 1.

The top member 4 is provided with a longitudinal row of slots 5, whichare oblique to the length of the member, adjacent slots being inclinedin opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 3.

The top member 4 is provided with means of attachment to the frontmember I, that will permit of its being fastened thereto with its sidesreversed, from the position shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose hereinafterexplained.

For engaging the hair to effect the waving thereof, there are provided aplurality of hair engaging members, which are alike and each of whichcomprises a cylindrical rod like body 6, of flexible, though relativelysolid material, preferably leather, but which may be vulcanized fibre,rubber or similar material.

Each body 6 is provided on one side with a 1ongitudinal row of hairengaging teeth, each of which consists, preferably, of a staple -'I thearms of which are extended into the body 6, and. which are disposed in aplane transverse to the length of the body 6. The rounded end portion ofthe staple 1 projects approximately one eighth or three sixteenths of aninch from the body, and the staples may be disposed substantially thatdistance apart;

The bodies 6 are adapted to be formed into a substantial U shape, asshown, and are adapted to be disposed one above the other substantiallyparallel with each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Each body 6 has inserted in its middle portion approximatelydiametrically opposite the side having the teeth I, the stem of a Tshaped guiding device 8 the projecting portion of which is insertablethrough either of the slots 5 in which the stem is slidable, and thetransverse portion of which rides on the outer side of the top member 4and. is disposed transversely across the slot to support the rearportion of the body 6 when the latter is in the operative position shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

When the body 6 is formed into U shape and the arms thereof areforwardly extended with the teeth I engaging the hair, the end portionsof the body extend across the outer side of the front member I, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

For releasably fastening the end portions of the hair engaging membersto the front member I, the latter has mounted upon it in a longitudinalrow of fastening devices, each of which comprises a U shaped spring clip9 the middle portion of which is pivotally attached to the front mem berI by a tubular eyelet I0, the end portions of which are providedrespectively with peripheral annular flanges II respectively engagingthe inner and outer sides of the front member I.

The spring clip 9 is disposed at the outer side of the front member I,and its arms are extending toward each other so as to embrace and holdthe body 6 which is inserted laterally into the clip, the extreme endsof the arms of which are turned outwardly to enable the ready insertionbetween them of the body 6. When so inserted, one of the teeth 1 extendsinto the eyelet In which holds the body 6 thereby from endwise movement.

In the application of the appliance to the head, the front member I isfirst made to engage the upper portion of the forehead, the temples andthe side portions of the face just in front of the hair, as shown inFig. 1. The bows 2 are engaged with the ears respectively and thestrings 3 are tied together under the chin, the top member 4 beingextended rearwardly over the top and back of the head.

The hair engaging member, which is to be the uppermost one, is then bentinto U shape and has its T shaped guiding member 8 inserted from theunder side of the top member 4 through one of the upper slots 5, withthe stem of the guiding member 8 disposed in the lowermost end of theslot. The teeth I of the hair engaging member are then inserted into thehair, and the body 6 thereof is moved endwise in a direction which willcause the stem of the guiding member 8 to move upwardly to the upper endof the slot 5, after which the end portions of the body 6 arerespectively laterally inserted into engagement with the spring clips 9which are uppermost and are at opposite sides respectively of the topmem her 4, one tooth I of each inserted end portion entering theadjacent eyelet I0, whereby the body 5 is held from endwise movement,and the clips 9 retain the body 6 releasably held by the front member Iin its wave forming position.

Another hair engaging member then has its guiding member 8 similarlyengaged with the top member 4 by insertion outwardly through the slot 5next below, and with its stem in the lower end of such slot. The teeth Iof the member are then engaged with the hair, and the body is movedendwise in a direction opposite that in which the first body was moved,thereby causing the stem of the guiding member to move upwardly to theupper end of the slot 5, and moving with it the body 6, whereby the hairbetween the two members 6 is formed into a finger wave, the end portionsof the second body 6 being respectively engaged with the two springclips 9 next adjacent the ones which are engaged with the first body 6.

The succceeding hair engaging members are similarly applied, movedendwise in the hair, and fastened to the front member I by other clipsthereon, in the manner already described with reference to the first twohair engaging members.

By reason of the opposite inclination of the slots 5, and the adjustmentof the T shaped guiding members 8 therein, and the endwise movement inopposite directions of adjacent hair engaging members, as described, thehair is formed into a succession of finger waves one above the otherextending around the head.

It will be understood that before so manipulating the hair, it is firsttreated in the usual manner with a suitable wave fixing materialcommonly employed for this purpose.

After the hair has been formed into waves, as has been described, theloose hair below the lower most wave is curled in the way now to bedescribed.

A cylindrical flexible rod like member I2 similar to one of the bodies6, and composed of similar material, is provided with suitable means forclamping the hair to be curled to the member I2. In the form of suchclamping means shown in Figs. 1, 9 and 10, a spring wire I3 of U shapeis mounted on the member I2.

The transverse portion of the spring wire I3 is extended through themember I2, and the arms of the U shaped wire are respectively providedwith U shaped end portions I4, oppositely disposed which are adapted tobe releasably engaged with the member I2, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

The wire I3 is first disposed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10, inwhich the U shaped portions I4 thereof are disengaged from the memberI2. The hair to be curled is then disposed between the arms of the wireI3 and the member I2, after which the U shaped portions I4 are lookinglyengaged with member I2, as shown in Fig. 9 and in solid lines in Fig.10. The member I2 is then axially revolved, thereby winding the hairupon the member I2, as shown in Fig. 1, and the end portions of themember I2 are then laterally inserted into holding engagement with twospring clips 9 on the front member I respectively near the lower endsthereof, as shown in Fig. 1.

After the curl has set, the end portions I4 of the wire I3 aredisengaged from the member I2, and the member I2 and wire I3 arewithdrawn from the curl which has been formed.

The top member 4, as has been stated is attached to the front member Iso as to be reversed upside down from what is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, toenable the device to be adapted-for wave making with the part of thehair at the right or left of the head. For effecting this transposition,any suitable fastening means may be employed for connecting the topmember to the front member. In the form shown, the front member I hasfastened in it two studs I with resilient expansible and compressibleheads l6 adapted to respectively receive and have holding engagementwith two eyelets I! mounted in and extending through the member 4, Figs.2, 3, 7 and 8.

By unsnapping the top member 4 from the front member I, the top membermay be reversed side for side and resnapped into holding engagement withthe front member I. This change in position, will change the directionof formation of the waves, as effected by the same hair engagingmembers, by reversing the direction in which the latter are endwiseadjusted in the slots 5.

Modifications of our invention, within the scope of the appended claims,may be made without departing from its spirit.

What we claim is:

1. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a top member fastened to saidfront member and extending rearwardly over the head, a flexible hairengaging member adapted to be formed into U shape and to be adjustedendwise in the hair and to have its end portions extended across saidfront member and having means at its middle portion engaging slidablysaid top member by which, when said hair engaging member is adjustedendwise its middle portion will thereby be moved transversely to itslength and lengthwise of said top member, and means for releasablyfastening said end portions to said front member.

2. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a top member fastened to saidfront member and extending rearwardly over the head and having guidingmeans inclined to its length, a flexible hair engaging member adapted tobe formed into U shape and to be adjusted endwise in the hair and tohave its end portions extended across said front member and having meansslidably engaging said guiding means, by which, when said hair engagingmember is endwise adjusted, its middle portion will thereby be movedtransversely to its length and lengthwise of said top member, and meansfor releasably fastening said end portions to said front member.

3. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a top member fastened to saidfront member and extending rearwardly over the head and having a slotinclined to its length, a flexible hair engaging member adapted to beformed into a U shape and to be adjusted endwise in the hair and to haveits end portions extended across said front member and having meansextending through and guided in said slot by which, when said hairengaging member is adjusted endwise, the middle portion thereof willthereby be moved transversely to its length and lengthwise of said topmember, and means for releasably fastening said end portions to saidfront member.

4. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a top member fastened to saidfront member and extending rearwardly over the head and having alongitudinal row of slots adjacent ones of which are inclined to eachother in opposite directions, a plurality of flexible hair engagingmembers disposed one above the other and each being formed into U shapeand adjustable endwise in the hair independently of the others andhaving its forward end portions extending across said front member, saidhair engaging members having guiding means respectively in and guided bysaid slots, and means for releasably fastening the end portions of saidhair engaging members to said front member.

5. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face and having means for beingfastened to the head, and a top member fastened to said front member andadapted to be extended rearwardly over the head and having alongitudinal row of slots which are oblique to the length of said topmember, adjacent ones of said slots inclining in opposite directions.

6. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face and having means for beingfastened to the head, and a top member attached releasably andreversibly at one end to said front member and adapted to be extendedrearwardly over the head and having a longitudinal row of slots whichare oblique to the length of said top member, adjacent ones of saidslots inclining in opposite directions.

'7. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face and having means for beingfastened to the head, a top member attached at one end to said frontmember and adapted to be extended rearwardly over the head and having alongitudinal row of slots oblique to its length and adjacent onesinclining in opposite directions, flexible hair engaging members adaptedto be formed into U shape and having respectively T shaped engagingmembers insertable into and removable from said slots, whereby saidflexible hair engaging members, are moved vertically when they are movedendwise, said hair engaging members being adapted to each have its endportions extend across said front member, and means mounted on saidfront member for releasably fastening said end portions to said frontmember.

8. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a flexible rod like memberadapted to embrace the rear side of the head and to have its endportions extend across said front member, a gripping member carried bysaid flexible member by which depending hair may be gripped against andwound upon said flexible member when the latter is axially revolved, andmeans for releasably attaching said end portions to said front memberwhen said flexible member with the hair wound thereon is made to embracethe rear and sides of the head.

9. In a hair waving appliance, a front member adapted to be applied tothe upper and side portions of the face, a hair engaging member having aflexible body and a longitudinal row of teeth, and a spring clipfastened to said front member at the outer side thereof and having twoarms between which said body is adapted for lateral N

